[GSA Council] Packet for additional Council meeting (Mar 9, 10am)

[Isabelle Johnston]

Hi Gretchen,

I have a question regarding the motion you flagged as frivolous.

"I want to add one motion for 9th march council meeting about Election
Eligibility criteria.  "Article XIV-Elections (Section 10) and Article
XVIII-Eligibility for Office. I want this By Law must be follow for all
candidates who wants to go for the election this year. Candidate who will
complete his/her degree before summer (term-1) 2016 will not go for the
election this time."


I agree that this is, in theory, covered under Article 18: "1. A person is
eligible to sit on the G.S.A. Council or become a member of the Executive
if she or he is a G.S.A. member in good standing (as per the criteria laid
forth in Article III) for the full duration of her/his term in office."

However, it does raise some important questions about our election process.
Some students do graduate before the end of the year, and two executives
who were elected last spring failed out of Concordia shortly after their
election. It is unclear to me whether a student's expected graduation date
is verified at the time of the election. Some students do graduate in the
middle of the school year. Does the CRO check if the candidate is going to
be a member in good standing for the full year? Is it even possible to
verify this?

I am not saying the answer is to write it into the bylaws, since, as you
pointed out, it is already there. However, I do think it is worth looking
at whether our verification process addresses this problem sufficiently.

Thank you,

Isabelle



"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of
tyranny is in keeping them ignorant."

Maximilien Robespierre

On 5 March 2015 at 20:43, gretchen k <gbayou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Councillors--
>
> Please find your packet attached for the additional council meeting on *Monday,
> March 9th, from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM* in the GSA House.
>
> Reminders: If you are unable to attend this Council meeting, you must
> send regrets to Aurup at <coordinator at gsaconcordia.ca>. Otherwise, you
> are required to be present on Monday by 9:30am to sign-in for the council
> meeting and therefore qualify for an honorarium (see Article 5.17).
>
> Finally, see you tomorrow, Friday at 3pm (also at the GSA House), for the
> urgent council meeting about the CFS case.
>
> Thanks,
> gretchen
>
>
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